Cash From Your Camera – How to Make More Money F...

This is a question that all of those who love photography ask at some time or other. Even those of us who are professional photographers sometimes need to sit down and evaluate where we are with our photography businesses. So how can you make more money from your photo business or hobby?

Top 5 Hindrances That Beginners Can Overcome

Every photographer has to start somewhere and most beginners have to overcome several hindrances on their photography journey. Here are the top five that I have discovered and how to overcome them. There is a misnomer that great images are shot by professionals and that the rest of us fit into the category of happy snappers which are a...

How to Shoot the Perfect Image

An image does not just appear in front of your lens and you press the shutter button and there it is. Neither is it luck or pure chance. The perfect image starts long before you press the shutter. It starts when you are far away from the scene you are about to photograph. How to start that process and what route to take to the image is what I am...

Tips to Make Money From Product Photography

Every business needs to promote itself visually and there are vast numbers of small businesses in need of services to take quality images. Companies are realising that it is not as easy as it looks to shoot quality digital images on a plain background and skills are needed to do this. This is where someone who can take this type of shot can make good money.

3 Steps to Fantastic Portraits

Most of the shots taken by the average person are family shots and of those the greater percentage are portraits. Why, because we want to remember the important things in life, our friends and family? Let’s take a look at three ways to create fantastic portraits. Portraits are traditionally taken in studios by a professional photographer at...

Tips to Make Money From Food Photography

This is quite a difficult field to get into and possibly one of the most challenging and demanding areas of commercial photography. It is quite similar to fashion photography where you have a team of people involved in the shoot, from the chef to a food stylist and an art director. So the pressure is on to deliver. Here's how to start.

The Exposure Triangle

This is not a geometry lesson but the value of this triangle is immense as it gives you the tools to create the perfect exposure. And the perfect exposure is what we all aim at. So how does this exposure triangle help you create the perfect photograph? Let’s take a look at how to create perfection. What we are going to look at are three...

Photo Walk Your Way to More Creative Images

If you haven't yet heard of a photo walk then it's time you learnt about this wonderful way to learn digital photography. When I first tried it out, it immediately gave inspiration to my creativity. Creativity needs inspiration and ideas. Our brains need hooks to hang the ideas on. Photo walks focus our minds on ideas and force us to explore our creativity.